Legal Opinion
Turner v. Reed
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 17, 1999No. Record 982588PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE POFF
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether the chancellor erred in construing the term “personal property”, as used in a testamentary bequest, to include only tangible personal property.
In the second paragraph of her will, Kathleen R. Waye made monetary bequests to six beneficiaries. The portion of the second paragraph relevant to the ruling challenged in this appeal provides as follows:
“I give, devise and bequeath unto my friends, MAZZIE TURNER and LOIS SOMERS [now Lois Jarriel], my residence . . . and all of the furniture and personal…
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